I Have The Best Kids!

It's true and official:  I have the BEST kids!!!  I don't know what it is about them, but it just makes me warm inside.  Maybe it's the way that Kate agrees to read books to Jack so I can work out on the treadmill and how excited he is for her to do that.  Or maybe it's because when we ask them to get ready for bed, they never complain.  Of course they have their moments like any other children do, like selective hearing and the occasional bickering, but all in all I couldn't be happier.  Lately the kids have be acknowledging the things we do AND saying "thank you" without even being prompted.  Like:  "thanks Mom for reading to me" or "thanks Mom for helping me with my homework"....weird stuff like that! LOL

Even though Jack knows how to read perfectly fine, Kate still works on teaching him.  Here she would read most of the sentence and then wait for Jack to complete the rhyming word on the end.  I don't think she quite realizes that he could read the entire book to her without any problems... but it's still great to see her putting in the effort to teach her brother.

On the night of the Daddy-Daughter Dance, Jack and I had our own fun at home.  We watched a movie, made popcorn and played the Wii (the next day I took him out to the water-park for a Mother-Son Beach Party...it was a blast, but I didn't bring the camera!).  Anyway, after Kate tore up the place dancing with daddy and after all the fun Jack and I had, the kids were pooped!  They wanted to "camp out" with each other, so I told them that was fine and to go get into bed.  I wanted to tell Josh one thing before I went up to tuck them in.  The story lasted all of 3 minutes at the most and when I walked into the room, here they both were, all tucked in and fast (very fast) asleep!  Lights on and everything!  At first I thought they were playing a trick on me, but when neither of them stirred as I was taking pictures, I knew for certain they were sleeping!!!  What a fun age!